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Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2017, 02:07
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By jolihokistix

Which is maybe why it has taken so long to...

Which is maybe why it has taken so long to understand the truth behind the Dunkirk recriminations.

Here is a shot of the Merlin piston that I mentioned earlier. (Click to enlarge)
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jul 2017, 10:04
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Thank you for a well-considered and informative...

Thank you for a well-considered and informative post. The losses were surely horrendous, but could perhaps not be revealed to the British public at the time.

...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jul 2017, 06:49
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Re Chugalug2 "BTW, I seem to remember in the film...

Re Chugalug2 "BTW, I seem to remember in the film Lawrence Olivier (as Dowding) saying that he had lost 400 aircraft in and over France, whereas this programme spoke of 900 I think. Were the other...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jun 2017, 15:21
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Oh well, you can always reregister and try again,...

Oh well, you can always reregister and try again, Danny.
(JT causes me constant little headaches.)
PS Thanks for the tip!
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jun 2017, 12:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Just occasionally they come up with interesting...

Just occasionally they come up with interesting articles like this. Has your comment still not appeared?
Yes, I have heard good things about that programme but iPlayer won't play here and I do not...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jun 2017, 10:58
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Just popping by again with another off-the-wall...

Just popping by again with another off-the-wall and random tidbit. (Yes, I do drop in almost every day and have a quick gander at the new posts here!) In light of the German fighter pilot in a...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2017, 08:32
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

It's fascinating to hear the incredible amount of...

It's fascinating to hear the incredible amount of detail behind the scenes.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jun 2017, 01:47
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Wonderful shot there Adam. *Just slipping...

Wonderful shot there Adam.


*Just slipping in the final answer to the photograph a few pages back.


At the Battle of Britain 70th anniversary dinner on September 15th 2010 at the London...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jun 2017, 07:29
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Wot the man said! :ok:

Wot the man said! :ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jun 2017, 06:32
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Superb shots indeed! Regarding photo on...

Superb shots indeed!

Regarding photo on previous page, the people are:
Lord Trenchard, Air Chief Marshall Sir Stephen Dalton, Air Marshall Sir Robert Wright, and Colin Mason, the artist.
The...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jun 2017, 11:16
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Hear hear! It had the same strange effect on me.

Hear hear! It had the same strange effect on me.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jun 2017, 03:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Chugalug2 @ post# 10776, many thanks for the...

Chugalug2 @ post# 10776, many thanks for the magnification.


The artist mentioned that he felt the fighter pilots coming to assist his brush as he painted.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2017, 11:38
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Dalton and type/markings, yes, but otherwise no....

Dalton and type/markings, yes, but otherwise no. One step forwards!


Quote: 'The painting is dedicated to all those who fought and died in that great battle, and is a tribute to the tenacity and...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2017, 11:05
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Sleuthing

Forgive the barging in once more, but just some material for consideration if anyone gets bored and it's raining outside.


What can you work out concerning this photograph? Something I ran...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th May 2017, 02:11
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Well, there you go, Danny, a story for a book...

Well, there you go, Danny, a story for a book perhaps? :ok:


To answer all your questions about my mother in Burma I would have to read her book again, between the lines, as it is a more personal...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th May 2017, 11:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Spent a summer on Guernsey many years ago and the...

Spent a summer on Guernsey many years ago and the heavy concrete gun emplacements and tunnels were quite something too.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th May 2017, 05:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Many thanks for the informative follow-up, Danny....

Many thanks for the informative follow-up, Danny.


Nothing to do with the price of fish, but the overkill comment on the Sydney Spitfire Association site yesterday regarding 20 mm cannon on human...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2017, 12:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Coda, yes I posted it, but it was a comment...

Coda, yes I posted it, but it was a comment written by a Japanese on that site. Thank you for the clarification, which even as a European I am very glad to hear.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2017, 08:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Many thanks for this, Emeritus. At first glance...

Many thanks for this, Emeritus. At first glance it looks like a wonderful site where one could spend hours browsing...


Definitely! :ok:


And now, having done some reading on your excellent...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2017, 08:47
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Last of the translation. Thanks for sticking with...

Last of the translation. Thanks for sticking with me! If the J Wiki article information is not available in English, here is my translation of their Japanese paragraph above:

"In the 20 June...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2017, 08:33
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

"Waiting enemy fighters attacked and fled;...

"Waiting enemy fighters attacked and fled; shamefully we did not destroy what enemy planes we saw on the ground. Great numbers of Spitfires were shot down... (skipping)... so it was established that...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2017, 08:20
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

(Cont. translation of above website commentary.) ...

(Cont. translation of above website commentary.)


Right before the bombing run they were attacked by 46 Spitfires and one (two?) heavy bombers were lost, one Oscar blew up, one heavy bomber...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2017, 08:08
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Sorry to keep slamming this thread sideways, and...

Sorry to keep slamming this thread sideways, and in due course I hope it settles back to the conversation into which I butted earlier, but regarding the bombing(s) of Port Darwin and the presence or...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2017, 06:47
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

My father, a pilot on Spitfires during the B of...

My father, a pilot on Spitfires during the B of B, took me during the 1970s to the Imperial War Museum where they had a Zero cockpit section hanging from the ceiling. "I remember hearing rumours...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2017, 01:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Thank you for that Danny. Perhaps it should not...

Thank you for that Danny. Perhaps it should not be amazing that the records of something as vital as this are so patchy. Their arrival in Malta seems clear enough.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th May 2017, 04:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Ah, thanks, that sounds as if we are zeroing in...

Ah, thanks, that sounds as if we are zeroing in on the same event!
Forum: Military Aviation
5th May 2017, 02:48
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Hmmm... yes I suppose invasion must have come up...

Hmmm... yes I suppose invasion must have come up as one option.

Just doing some rushed background remedial reading on this whole event. One source claims the Spitfires never arrived and were kept...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th May 2017, 02:11
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

That blue dotted line reminds me of the red one...

That blue dotted line reminds me of the red one that the Chinese have slung around the south China Sea. Was this the imagined extent of the Greater East Asia Prosperity Zone that the Japanese...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2017, 12:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Thanks, Danny, for the welcome, and the...

Thanks, Danny, for the welcome, and the background information. (See completed translation in #10554 above) Yes, it's a weird Hurrifire or Spitcane, even though it definitely says 'Spitfires'....
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2017, 11:29
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Close-ups!

Close-ups!
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2017, 11:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

MPN11, thanks! :} Right, here goes nothing! ...

MPN11, thanks! :} Right, here goes nothing!




(Using an old dictionary here to find outdated characters and expressions, with no-one nearby to consult! Although the pamphlet itself proclaims...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2017, 08:14
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

Chugalug2, many thanks for the kind introduction....

Chugalug2, many thanks for the kind introduction. This place looks good. Forgive that sudden bolt from the blue. I live in Japan and often run across interesting things, but having heard so many...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2017, 07:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By jolihokistix

A propos of nothing. Antiques find. ...

A propos of nothing. Antiques find.


Japanese artist's impression of the air attacks on Port Darwin on 20th and 22nd June 1943. Booklet written by Tojo Hideki in autumn of 1943 found in an...
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